Distributor:
Universal Home Entertainment Certificate: M15+ |
18 Hours 25 minutes | Region 4 Available to buy from 13 July 2005 Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Don
Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Olivia Brown, Sandra
Santiago, Michael Talbot, John Diehl
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
On Miami's flashy Gold Coast undercover cops Sonny
Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs
attempt to keep the streets
crime free, ex New York street
cop Tubbs (Thomas) and
wealthy Crockett (Johnson)
worked for the moody Lt Castillo
(Olmos) and also on the squad
were undercover specialists
Trudy and Gina as well as more
traditional cops Stan and Larry.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
Debuting
16 September 1984 Miami Vice is an iconic legend of 1980's TV, the
suits, the cars, the music, the fashions, its all here in this great 3
disc set from Universal, full on influenced by the MTV generation Miami
Vice is glitzy, glamorous and still very entertaining; Don Johnson
pretty much became Sonny Crockett, starting a major fashion trend with
his pastel sports jacket over a t-shirt, no socks and a stubbly chin
(and no it is not acceptable to be seen in these clothes anymore unless
you're at a Miami Vice convention, in fact in this first series Sonny
Crockett pretty much
has it all, the houseboat (called St Vitus Dance) with
it's own pet alligator, Elvis, the black Ferrari Spider, his partner
Tubbs meanwhile was haunted by the murder of his brother and was
determined to bring justice to bear; A major plus is the fantastic
soundtrack, if this release had appeared five years ago the music would
have still seemed very dated but now enough distance has passed to turn
tracks from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Glenn Frey, Phil Collins, Eric
Clapton, U2, INXS and of course the theme tune by the legendary Jan
Hammer into a real nostalgia blast.
This
release then is highly recommended and not just for the kitsch factor
either, the stories (being Miami the plotlines range from the seedy
underworld to the flashy world of the gold coast) more than stand up in
their own right, with now big name stars such as Bruce Willis, Ving
Rhames and Jimmy Smits (who plays Crockett's first partner who gets
killed in the pilot episode) making an appearance its also high quality
stuff. Go check it out!!
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Extras are plentiful and include the featurette The
Vibe of Vice which looks at the influence of Miami Vice on popular
culture; Building The Perfect Vice is a feature about the making
of the show; The Style of Vice looks at those funky tunes which
featured some of the biggest names in the business at the time and Miami
After Vice looks at the city itself an how it has changed since the
1980's.
